Senior DevOps Engineer
Location: US, CA, San Francisco
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Not Applicable
Industry: Computer & Network Security
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
From the lands of Can Do, Roll Our Sleeves Up and Get It Done, we create and solve things previously unimaginable. We’re revolutionizing the IT industry with a platform that provides unprecedented control over all service layers in an organization. We also transform the way people experience enterprise software — they’ll accomplish more each day and enjoy using our platform as part of their daily lives. This sounds massively ambitious and tough because it is. We’re a small team that doesn’t shy away from hard problems and we need more big thinkers and self-starters like you. If you want to be at the forefront of innovation, join us at Apcera and shine.

Job description:
Apcera is revolutionizing enterprise technology. Continuum by Apcera is an innovative platform that empowers enterprises to transparently and securely control the allocation and consumption of IT resources. Built in Golang from the ground up, Continuum brings real-world reliability to workloads, giving IT the control and visibility it needs to deliver faster. Because Continuum is a managed service, we provide technology and the services around it to ensure customer success. It's an ambitious, exciting, and unique position that we covet. We’re proud to provide smooth deployments and successful delivery to customers that are some of the biggest, most influential companies in the world.We're looking for a senior DevOps engineer with a Unix focus.As a Senior DevOps engineer, you strive to know the what, how, and why so that you understand systems at multiple levels of abstraction. You use your knowledge to create new tools, configurations, and deployment frameworks. You also evaluate existing solutions, applying ones that work and improving or discarding those that don’t.At Apcera, we don’t shy away from solving hard problems, while being mindful to avoid “not invented here” syndrome. We write most of our code in Go, but we strive to choose the best tool for each job. We also use C and other languages from time to time. Our team of veterans includes alumni of Google, Twitter, Square, Microsoft, VMware and TIBCO.RESPONSIBILITIESDesigning, creating, and configuring automationsManaging and designing product deployment and its systemsMonitoring, deploying, overseeing every part of the deployment lifecycleManaging customer platforms, with dedication to security, privacy, and customer data protectionOwning post-event analysis and remediationDetermining what and how to monitor and benchmarkDebugging to identify root causes and make informed handoffs

Requirements:
Minimum of 5 years experienceExperience administering and automating groups of Unix machinesExperience with configuration management systems (Chef, Puppet, etc.) and distributed version control systems (Git, Mercurial)Experience with scripting languages (Ruby, Python, Bash, etc.) and ability to read and write codeDeep knowledge of Unix architecture and its security modelClear written and verbal communication with different audiences, be they in person or virtualDESIRED QUALIFICATIONSWillingness to learn and use the Go language (Golang)Deep knowledge of internet networking and protocols (TCP stack, HTTP, DNS, Firewalls, BGP, ARP, etc.)Experience with distributed computing environments and messaging systemsUnderstanding of metrics for analysis and to devise meaningful aggregationsUnderstanding and managing frameworks for identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, and access controls

Benefits:
Competitive salary &amp; Equity100% premium-paid medical, dental, vision, and life insuranceFlexible vacation policyGreat location in the heart of SOMA SFWorkstation setup of your choiceFree weekly gourmet lunchesEndless snacks and beverages of your choiceTeam and family events and excursionsGame room